Storage chair

ABSTRACT

A storage chair includes a cylindrical chair body and a cover body. The cylindrical chair body has a closed end and an opening end opposite to each other, and an accommodation space is formed in the cylindrical chair body between the closed end and the opening end. The cover body removably covers the opening end of the cylindrical chair body. The accommodation space of the cylindrical chair body can be used for accommodating substances to be stored, and is covered by the cover body, which enables the chair to have functions both of seating and storage.

RELATED APPLICATIONS

This application claims priority to Taiwan Application Serial Number 102212957, filed Jul. 9, 2013, which is herein incorporated by reference.

BACKGROUND

1. Technical Field

The present disclosure relates to a chair, and more particularly relates to a storage chair.

2. Description of Related Art

A chair is used for providing people with a comfortable seating area, and therefore the overall chair should have large enough area and volume.

However, a conventional chair is just a chair body structure, and has no other functions other than seating. When the chair is not seated, the large volume of the conventional chair occupies an obvious space in the room, which causes space waste.

SUMMARY

The present disclosure provides a storage chair having functions of both seating and storage.

According to an aspect of the present disclosure, a storage chair is provided, including a cylindrical chair body and a cover body. The cylindrical chair body has a closed end and an opening end opposite to each other, and an accommodation space is formed in the cylindrical chair body between the closed end and the opening end. The cover body removably covers the opening end of the cylindrical chair body. The accommodation space of the cylindrical chair body can be used for accommodating substances to be stored, and is covered by the cover body, which enables the chair to have functions both of seating and storage.

According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a rotatable opening and closing device is disposed between the opening end of the cylindrical chair body and the cover body, so as to cover/remove the cover body onto/from the opening end of the cylindrical chair body.

According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the rotatable opening and closing device includes a guiding groove structure located on the cylindrical chair body and multiple guiding blocks located on the cover body. The guiding groove structure has an inner convex ring disposed on the inner wall of the cylindrical chair body and close to the opening end; multiple inner convex strips disposed with intervals on the inner wall of the cylindrical chair body and close to the opening end; multiple recessed grooves respectively formed between the adjacent inner convex strips; and multiple guiding grooves respectively formed between the inner convex strips and the inner convex rings. The multiple guiding blocks are formed with intervals on the external surrounding wall of the cover body and can match the multiple recessed grooves. The multiple guiding blocks can be rotated into the locations of the recessed grooves or guiding grooves, so as to remove/cover the cover body from/onto the opening end of the cylindrical chair body.

According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a limit stop wall protruded towards the direction of the guiding groove is disposed on one end of each inner convex strip, so as to limit the rotating range of the guiding block of the cover body in the guiding groove.

According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a positioning convex body is disposed on the inner wall of each guiding groove, and a positioning notch matching the positioning convex body is disposed on the external wall of each guiding block. When the guiding block of the cover body is rotated to abut against the limit stop wall of the inner convex strip of the cylindrical chair body, the positioning notch and the positioning convex body are engaged with each other to secure the position.

According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the cover body is provided with at least one opening handle, so as to conveniently operate the cover body.

According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, multiple reinforced ribs are disposed on the inner face of the closed end of the cylindrical chair body, so as to enhance the bearing strength of the closed end.

According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the storage chair further includes a chair cover, which removably covers the external part of the cylindrical chair body, so as to provide people with a comfortable seating feeling and convenience in cleaning the chair cover.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is an external view drawing of a storage chair according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 2 is an exploded view of the storage chair shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is an exploded view of a cylindrical chair body and a cover body of the storage chair shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is an enlarged view of part A of the storage chair shown in FIG. 3;

FIG. 5 is an enlarged view of part B of the storage chair shown in FIG. 3;

FIG. 6 is a schematic operation view when the cover body is closed on the cylindrical chair body of the storage chair shown in FIG. 3;

FIG. 7 is an enlarged view of part C of the storage chair shown in FIG. 6;

FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view of the storage chair shown in FIG. 1; and

FIG. 9 is an enlarged view of part D of the storage chair shown in FIG. 8.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

The foregoing and other technical contents, features and functions of the present disclosure will be clearly presented through the following detailed description of embodiments with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Referring to FIGS. 1-9, a storage chair according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a cylindrical chair body 100, a cover body 200 and a chair cover 400.

The cylindrical chair body 100 is molded by the plastic injection molding. The cylindrical chair body 100 has a closed end 110 and an opening end 120 opposite to each other, and an accommodation space 130 is formed in the cylindrical chair body 100 between the closed end 110 and the opening end 120. The closed end 110 is used for seating, so that multiple reinforced ribs 111 are disposed on the inner face of the closed end 110 to enhance the bearing strength of the closed end 110.

The cover body 200 is also molded by the plastic injection molding. The cover body 200 removably covers the opening end 120 of the cylindrical chair body 100. Multiple substances to be stored 500 can be accommodated into the accommodation space 130 of the cylindrical chair body 100 via the opening end 120, and then the cover body 200 covers the opening end 120 to maintain an entire appearance of the chair and protect the substances to be stored 500 from dropping out. On the other hand, while taking the substances to be stored 500 out, the cover body 200 is removed from the opening end 120 to expose the opening end 120. The cover body 200 is provided with two opening handles 210, so as to conveniently cover or remove the cover body 200.

A rotatable opening and closing device 300 is disposed between the opening end 120 of the cylindrical chair body 100 and the cover body 200, so as to open/close the cover body 200 from/onto the opening end 120 of the cylindrical chair body 100. The rotatable opening and closing device 300 includes a guiding groove structure 310 and four guiding blocks 320 respectively disposed on the cylindrical chair body 100 and the cover body 200.

The guiding groove structure 310 has an inner convex ring 311, four inner convex strips 312, four recessed grooves 313 and four guiding grooves 314. The inner convex ring 311 is disposed on the inner wall of the cylindrical chair body 100 and close to the opening end 120; the four inner convex strips 312 are disposed with intervals on the inner wall of the cylindrical chair body 100 and close to the opening end 120; the four recessed grooves 313 are respectively formed between each two adjacent ones of the four inner convex strips 312; and the four guiding grooves 314 are respectively formed between each of the four inner convex strips 312 and the inner convex ring 311. A limit stop wall 315 protruded towards the direction of the guiding groove 314 is disposed on one end of each inner convex strip 312; and a positioning convex body 316 is disposed on the inner wall of each guiding groove 314. The four guiding blocks 320 are formed with intervals on the external surrounding wall of the cover body 200, and can match the size of four recessed grooves 313; and a positioning notch 321 matching the positioning convex body 316 is disposed on the external wall of each guiding block 320. The positions of the positioning convex body 316 and the positioning notch 312 can be exchanged.

References are made to FIGS. 6 and 7. For assembling the cover body 200 and the cylindrical chair body 100, the guiding block 320 of the cover body 200 is aligned to and then engaged with the recessed groove 313 of the cylindrical chair body 100, and the cover body 200 is rotated to make the guiding block 320 of the cover body 200 be located in the guiding groove 314 between the inner convex ring 311 and the inner convex strip 312 of the cylindrical chair body 100; and then the cover body 200 is further rotated until the guiding block 320 abuts against the limit stop wall 315 of the inner convex strip 312, so as to prevent the cover body 200 from continuing rotating. At this time, the positioning notch 321 of the cover body 200 and the positioning convex body 316 of the cylindrical chair body 100 are engaged with each other to secure the position. Therefore, the cover body 200 can be closed onto and cover the opening end 120 of the cylindrical chair body 100. While removing the cover body 200, the aforesaid steps can be performed reversely to remove the cover body 200 and make the opening end 120 of he cylindrical chair body 100 be in an opening state.

The chair cover 400 is manufactured of a comfortable material and shaped as an animal, so as to provide comfortable-seating and interesting feelings. The chair cover 400 removably covers the external part of the cylindrical chair body 100, and chair covers with different shapes can be replaced, Furthermore, when the chair cover is soiled, the chair cover 400 can be removed from the cylindrical chair body 100 to clean, which improves the variability and convenience in use.

The storage chair according to an embodiment of the present disclosure has functions of both seating and storage, which makes good use of space; and the removable chair cover provides variability in use and convenience in cleaning, so that this storage chair has excellent practicability.

Although the present disclosure has been disclosed with reference to the above embodiments, these embodiments are not intended to limit the present disclosure. It will be apparent to those of skills in the art that various modifications and variations can be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the present disclosure. Therefore, the scope of the present disclosure shall be defined by the appended claims. 

What is claimed is:
 1. A storage chair, comprising: a cylindrical chair body having a closed end and an opening end opposite to each other, wherein an accommodation space is formed in the cylindrical chair body between the closed end and the opening end; and a cover body removably covering the opening end of the cylindrical chair body.
 2. The storage chair of claim 1, wherein a rotatable opening and closing device is disposed between the opening end of the cylindrical chair body and the cover body.
 3. The storage chair of claim 2, wherein the rotatable opening and closing device comprises: a guiding groove structure, having: an inner convex ring disposed on the inner wall of the cylindrical chair body and close to the opening end; multiple inner convex strips disposed with intervals on the inner wall of the cylindrical chair body and close to the opening end; multiple recessed grooves respectively disposed between each two adjacent ones of the multiple inner convex strips; and multiple guiding grooves respectively disposed between the multiple inner convex strips and the inner convex ring; and multiple guiding blocks disposed with intervals on the external surrounding wall of the cover body, matching the multiple recessed grooves, wherein the multiple guiding blocks is rotated to the positions the recessed grooves or the guiding grooves.
 4. The storage chair of claim 3, wherein a limit stop wall protruded towards the direction of the guiding groove is disposed on one end of each inner convex strip.
 5. The storage chair of claim 4, wherein a positioning convex body is disposed on the inner wall of each guiding groove, and a positioning notch matching the positioning convex body is disposed on the external wall of each guiding block.
 6. The storage chair of claim 5, wherein the cover body is provided with at least one opening handle.
 7. The storage chair of claim 5, wherein multiple reinforced ribs are disposed on the inner face of the closed end of the cylindrical chair body.
 8. The storage chair of claim 7, further comprising a chair cover removably covering the external part of the cylindrical chair body.
 9. The storage chair of claim 8, wherein the chair cover is molded as an animal.
 10. The storage chair of claim 1, further comprising a chair cover removably covering the external part of the cylindrical chair body.
 11. The storage chair of claim 10, wherein the chair cover is molded as an animal. 